Saturday the boys and girls cross country teams competed at the Iowa Cross Country State Championships. The championships for Class 3A were held at Lakeside Golf Course in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Dubuque Wahlert placed first in the girls division with 72 team points and Gilbert placed first in the boys division with 75 team points.

The Glenwood Girls’ Cross Country team is headed to the state meet after qualifying at the district meet in Atlantic Thursday night. Coming off their first Hawkeye Ten title in 22 years, the Lady Rams placed second at districts, finishing behind Ballard and edging out Denison. Junior Lacey Jackson led the Rams as she placed 12th with a time of 20:49. Seniors Kate Kaufman and Katelyn Malcom followed, placing 14th and 15th, respectively.

The Rams scored a fifty-nine team points at State. Mt. Vernon Lisbon, North Polk and Carlisle finished ahead of the Rams. Jack McMullen was Glenwood’s highest finisher. McMullen finished 11th in the State.

What a day to be a Ram Fan! Yesterday the girls and boys cross country teams went to Clarinda and raced in the Hawkeye Ten Championships. The Rams swept the competition winning both the boys and girls divisions. The girls won their first Hawkeye Ten Championship in thirty-two years while the boys won their second straight Hawkeye Ten Title!

Saturday in a rainy event DCG defeated Glenwood 82-88 in team scores at the Atlantic High School CO-ED Meet. Glenwood’s top runner was Kate Kaufman who finished twelfth overall. Lacey Jackson and Aubrey McIntyre finished fifteenth and sixteenth overall in the raining conditions.

Now that the regular season is completed it is time for the postseason! Good luck ladies. GO RAMS! The Hawkeye Ten Meet will be ran on October 12th at 4:00 PM in Clarinda.

Lacey Jackson lead the way by placing fourth individually. Jackson was one of four Rams who finished in the top eleven. Lacey Jackson and Kate Kaufman each broke Glenwood's School Record that Aubrey McIntyre set last year. As a team the Rams scored thirty-seven points and averaged 19:47.65. Atlantic placed second while Harlan finished third. Congrats Glenwood as the Rams are now 11th in the State!

Harlan hosted their annual HCSD Cross Country Meet on Saturday and the Rams finished first and second. The conditions were rare for September as temperatures were in the 90s but that didn’t stop Glenwood from competing at a high level. The girls finished in first with fifty-seven team points. Glenwood averaged 21:34.05 as a team which was four seconds faster than the second place team in Atlantic. The boys finished second with eighty-two team points and averaged a time of 18:40.95.

Glenwood’s Mason Parks won the Creston Invitational last night with a time of 17:49.9 to edge out Jalen Petersen of Atlantic who finished with a time of 17:57.5. Glenwood won the overall team score with forty-five points and averaged 18:29.6 as a team. Pason Covington also ran well for the Rams finishing third with a time of 18:04.9.